Tag: creativity
member name: Madame Donna C.
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April 07, 2009 02:42 PM EDT --
This week, all over the world, boxes of Matzo appeared on store shelves. Matzo, the ancient unleavened bread used for Passover, becomes the bread of affliction for the Passover Seder.
Traditionally, . . .
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July 01, 2007 11:37 PM EDT --
Everyone who loves cooking began learning, somewhere, with some scant essentials and a vivid imagination. I do not know much about the experiences of others here but, for years, I cooked in small . . .
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April 09, 2008 07:51 PM EDT --
This week, all over the world, boxes of Matzo appeared on store shelves. Matzo, the ancient unleavened bread used for Passover, becomes the bread of affliction for the Passover Seder.
Traditionally, . . .
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November 02, 2006 12:48 AM EST --
In my quest to produce some genuine and original writing by reading authors whom I admire, I came across this quote by Carl Jung. His words linger in my brain as I try to interpret or transcend the . . .
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February 12, 2007 12:15 AM EST --
The wonderful combination of ingredients that become a sandwich allow for endless creativity. Assembling a sandwich offers the opportunity to create a new variation on an old recipe with each layer, . . .
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March 04, 2007 10:41 PM EST --
In an effort to enhance her waning interest in Gather, Madame Donna C. embarks today on a quest for connections who through a dedicated concern for quality, produce solely original written work and/or . . .
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June 21, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
Madame Donna's Change 'O Plans Pesto Pizza
Along the shore, summertime lends a particular sense of freedom to our lifestyles. Women scantily wrapped in bikini tops and beach towel bottoms, . . .
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October 09, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
I saw a wonderful sandwich posted here by my fellow foodie, Kevin Weeks, last week. I wanted to make the sandwich since every element of it was something I like to eat.
His recipe included . . .
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October 24, 2007 11:00 PM EDT --
Fires and evacuation alerts are sensitive subjects for me. My parent's home burned to the ground many years ago. Their loss wasn't caused by wildfires like the ones we are currently . . .
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November 16, 2007 01:09 PM EST --
Holiday entertaining creates stress and chaos in many homes. Magazines offer tips to help with organizing menus, food shopping and seating arrangements. Turkey hotlines* answer cooking . . .
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January 22, 2008 08:44 PM EST --
For about the third or fourth time in just as many months, a security person ousted me from a public place.
Several months ago, I visited San Francisco. Mini-Madame and I strolled into a very expensive . . .
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March 28, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
This week, all over the world, boxes of Matzo appeared on store shelves. Matzo, the ancient unleavened bread used for Passover, becomes the bread of affliction for the Passover Seder.
Traditionally, . . .
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July 18, 2007 01:00 AM EDT --
I know there is a television show called, "Hell's Kitchen." I don't watch television but I have heard people talking about it. This week I found Hell's Kitchen. . . .
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June 29, 2007 06:49 PM EDT --
From these ingredients:
And this roasted fish:
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July 10, 2007 11:16 PM EDT --
This Bengalese dish is supposed to have a lot of "heat". Since fresh green chilies are generally milder in flavor than dried red chilies choose your heat quotient before assembling your . . .
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September 16, 2007 07:31 PM EDT --
Each year as summer's heat fades and fall's cooler air moves in, I begin planning my Thanksgiving menu. It is finally cool enough to use the oven a bit more as I experiment with recipes to . . .
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September 25, 2007 05:45 PM EDT --
Thoughts of implementing drastic changes to our 2007 Thanksgiving menu began in August. It was during a catering stint with my friend Teresa that the seed idea of transforming our Thanksgiving . . .
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October 12, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
While ruminating on new taste sensations for our Thanksgiving Fusion Feast, I thought back to older ideas and flavor schemes in my collection. A while ago, I wrote an article about stuffing, entitled . . .
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April 14, 2008 12:44 PM EDT --
When chicken soup simmers on the stove it fills the kitchen with a fragrant aroma and it's scent will slowly infuse the house. Chicken soup evokes memories of mothers standing over the stove, . . .
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May 01, 2008 07:41 PM EDT --
A classic French rémoulade is a combination of homemade mayonnaise with mustard, capers, gherkins, herbs and anchovies. It is a flavorful, rich sauce traditionally used as a condiment for chilled . . .
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